Why is the word for "a fear of long words," hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, so long?

why is it so long if people who have it a freaked out by big words lol

Answer #1

Because scientists are a**holes.

Answer #2

No idea but its sure as hell funny, have u tried saying hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia 10 times fast? lol and yes i copied and pased the word lol

Answer #3

coz the word itself makes ppl scared of words..:P

Answer #4

no and im not even gonna try…too long lol haha no possible human being could spell that on their own…i myself copied and pasted the word

Answer #5

its like dyslexia. That word isnt spelt how it sounds so people who do suffer from that will have a bldy hard time trying to spell it on a letter

Answer #6

That’s insane, words should never be that long!

Answer #7

haha . bad.

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